Friday, 06 November, 2009

1. By banjo brad. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:03pm:

   BAA-A-A-A -
   
   I got here first!
2. By banjo brad. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:05pm:

   Having too much fun with my Bisbonian Fretless!
3. By concertinist. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:05pm:

   Just leaving for Austin. Cabrito sounds good.
4. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:07pm:

   baaaaa means no!
5. By Doug. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:12pm:

   YMCA (korean version)
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99qPdfbDFkA
6. By Shel-tone. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:14pm:

   Last weekend I scored over 600,000 points on Sirtet. I just kept going and going and going... it probably too me at least 20 minutes. I think I'm still only the 10th all time high score though.
7. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:14pm:

   Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless
   

   
   ...
   But the device works “on the same principle as a Ouija board” — the power of suggestion — said a retired United States Air Force officer, Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack, who described the wand as nothing more than an explosives divining rod.
   ...
   During an interview on Tuesday, General Jabiri challenged a Times reporter to test the ADE 651, placing a grenade and a machine pistol in plain view in his office. Despite two attempts, the wand did not detect the weapons when used by the reporter but did so each time it was used by a policeman.
   ...
   

   
   This loser doesn't even understand the value of blind, controlled testing. I'm glad I don't work for him.
8. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:30pm:

   Does it seem like every other day is Friday?
9. By Fast Eddie. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:32pm:

   Jon Stewart channeling Glenn Beck
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/jon-stewart-does-glenn-be_n_348129.html
10. By Shel-tone. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:39pm:

    I haven't seen Glenn Beck enough to know if that's a good impression or not.
11. By Dar. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:40pm:

    Does it seem like every other day is Friday?

    
    No, but every day does seem to be like the day before last, except yesterday.
12. By Chris J.. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:51pm:

    Does it seem like every other day is Friday?
    What kind of job do you have MJ?
    My answers is heck no!... Friday's take forever to arrive.
13. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @03:09pm:

    I'm an artist with a "retired" husband. So you could safely say my life is one long weekend.
14. By R I C H A R D I N C A L I F O R N I A. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @03:10pm:

    Oh no, it's starting to come unraveled. If you remember on Wednesday, June 17, 2009; I made a comment (it has since been deleted) that you can mark my words, It will be revealed that Acorn is going to be found guilty of more than voter fraud (as if that's not bad enough). This is news from today, "Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has served a search warrant at the ACORN office at 2609 Canal Street in New Orleans, according to Tammi Arender Herring, a spokeswoman with the office." I’ll say it again; Acorn is as crooked as almost ALL politicians. This will not be the last time you hear about Acorn
15. By banjo brad. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @03:11pm:

    MJ -
    
    Actually, if it's Sunday, that means tomorrow must be Saturday!
    
    That's the line my dad's friend used after he retired and my dad was still working. They used to get together on weekends with the Wally Bynum Airstream club.
16. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @03:17pm:

    bb, I thank you for that. I'm going to use it.
    
    Today we cleaned for 2 hours then ran off to play at the scrap metal yard looking for bird house adornments.
    
    Mr. Mean PAID for a video of some guy in England playing "Cavatina", but using a simpler method for the fingering than the John Williams version. It is heaven on earth to listen to him practice this song.
17. By Schmittenhammer. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @03:40pm:

    Hows about a banjo picture? Don't laugh, I know it is a Hohner. My mom and sister bought it for me years ago, took some lessons, but I sucked, so I will stick with photography. I would love to be able to play, but I guess it is easier to listen to someone else who has talent.
    
18. By Schmittenhammer. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @03:45pm:

    Mean Jean,
    You say every other day seems like Friday? I don't like my job (I know who's fault is that?) Every day seems like Monday, and every hour seems like a day till I get home, then zooooooom!!!
19. By Schmittenhammer. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @03:48pm:

    Tom Woad,
    I wonder if the bomb detector would detect this. Fooling around with my other hobby, pyro.......
    
20. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @04:21pm:

    Baaaaaaa means no.
    
    Says ewe.
21. By gdm IV. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @04:31pm:

    I’ll say it again; Acorn is as crooked as almost ALL politicians. This will not be the last time you hear about Acorn

    
    Why are you so worked up about Acorn?
22. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @04:44pm:

    Is this WOM photo in honor of "Men Who Stare at Goats"?
23. By Christopher. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @04:59pm:

    Glad it's Friday. I work with a guy just like the one in Doug's link.
    
    Except, Noy is Laotian.
    
    Same bad act!
24. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @05:05pm:

    Andie, I thought the same thing! What we have is goats who stare at mic.
25. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @05:12pm:

    Haa - 'why so worked up about Acorn,' he asked, innocently with genuinely plaintive tone!
26. By becky. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @05:52pm:

    Hi. Dinsdale said I should post a pic of this table I designed & he helped me make. The frame is 2" tube steel. Top is 2" solid reclaimed heart pine from the Cape Fear River in NC.
    
    
27. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @05:58pm:

    I was wrong and Mean Jean was right - unemployment is now double digit, money is still cheap so we are lulled into a torpor by lively investing, but the damn Bush legacy just keeps on thumping like that stupid pink bunny. We are in it deeply my friends.
28. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @05:59pm:

    Great table! Another fine JWB collaboration!
29. By becky. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:04pm:

    Thank ye kindly. We needed something off of which to eat our soup (cheap) and vegetables (also cheap) while we settle in to the nest to wait out recovery. And read the want ads, put the puzzles together, play scrabble & freak over bills. :)
30. By becky. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:09pm:

    And then there are rays of sunshine in the constant doom & gloom, like this one: NeighborGoods.
31. By banjo brad. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:09pm:

    MJ-
    
    Of course, the corollary to that statement is that if tomorrow is Saturday, the next day must be Sunday, so it's a never-ending weekend (I've been on mine since September of 2003).
32. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:13pm:

    
    
    I'm stuck here for the winter... Every day feels like Friday!
33. By becky. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:14pm:

    Sassy Chick, that is beautiful!
34. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:17pm:

    Every day is a work day for me. Gotta make enough money to build that nice log house debt free. By this time next year I should have the first stage (shell) built.
35. By Dinsdale Piranha. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:32pm:

    Table looks great Becky hope you break it in well with on Turkey day
    
    
    Finally got my FPV plane together... FPV is first person view
    
    There is a camera on the plane that has a transmitter that sends the video to a base station with a monitor. Once you take off you go over to the monitor and fly it like you are in it.
    Quite the head rush today with the maiden flight. Tiny spy cam for guidance and a small HD cam on board to capture the video which I should have in a little while...
    
    De plane with HD cam removed
    
    
36. By Schmittenhammer. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:32pm:

    Sassy Chick,
    Great picture, where is that at????
37. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @06:44pm:

    Becky the table is so clean and perfect! Classic.
38. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @07:22pm:

    MeanJean - every other day seems like Friday here because time is flying by too quickly. Seems like Fridays just keep zooming past.
39. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @07:45pm:

    First day I have felt like cooking. Been sick for the better part of two weeks. Tonight... Braised short ribs and rice with green salad. It tasted good.
40. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @07:47pm:

    becky... I have been looking foe a table to use as a desk. That would be perfect and the clean lines appeal to me also.
41. By Christopher. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @07:54pm:

    Becky, my comp is on something like that, but not as sweet.
    
    Nice pic Sassy Chic.
42. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @08:27pm:

    becky and Dinsdale,
    Very inviting table!
43. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @08:28pm:

    lulled into a torpor by lively investing
    
    It isn't investing... the stock market is off on another bubble, fueled by government money in the hands of large banks that have no intention of lending it out.
44. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @08:30pm:

    "...but the damn Bush legacy just keeps on thumping like that stupid pink bunny. We are in it deeply my friends."
    
    AHH haaa. Surely Pelosi, Schumer, et al, have nothing to do with our current state of affairs.
    
    And DEFINITELY, let's not point a finger at the AdministRATION for not following through on any of their promises. Instead, we've gotten floundering and double-talk over and over. Plus hints at, 'What do you guys think about another, uh, 'stimulus?' It is to LAUGH.
45. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @08:53pm:

    Heh... a nice group discussion going on and a couple of wing-nuts talking to themselves.
46. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @09:08pm:

    AHH haaa. Surely Pelosi, Schumer, et al, have nothing to do with our current state of affairs.

    
    Meanwhile an important vote missed by key republicans to strengthen the Patriot Act because they were with the teabaggers and Crazy Michele Bachman screaming about government run health care. Screwed themselves. Screwed themselves losing in New York just to purge a moderate.
    Screwed themselves in California. This is soooo much fun.
47. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @09:14pm:

    When you say Teabaggers - I know you're referring to people who have a different political opinion than you.
    
    And these people have been staging peaceful protests against policies that they believe are unjust and harmful to our nation.
    
    The questions I'd like to ask you: Do you respect their efforts, at least? And second - I'm going to guess you're aware of what 'teabagging' refers to. Don't you feel a little childish using such a gross, juvenile term?
48. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @09:17pm:

    meg mac - you forgot about state #31, in a row, to protect marriage.
    
    Also - it's pretty obvious that these lawmakers find Obamacare to be a much bigger issue, worthy of more time and focus.
49. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @10:28pm:

    becky #26: That table looks real sturdy. What were solid 2" pine planks doing in the river?
50. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @10:43pm:

    
    #47: The questions I'd like to ask you: Do you respect their efforts, at least?
    

    
    I do not. I do not respect effort expended in bad directions. The teabaggers complaints are based on faulty info and is applied inconsistently. (Why did they not protest creeping govt power and fiscal irresponsibility before Jan 2009?)
    
    Do you respect the efforts expended by Hitler and Stalin towards their goals?
    
    

    
    I'm going to guess you're aware of what 'teabagging' refers to. Don't you feel a little childish using such a gross, juvenile term?
    

    
    The Teabag partiers are self-named. Don't blame meg_mac for that.
51. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @10:45pm:

    "Why did they not protest creeping govt power and fiscal irresponsibility before Jan 2009?"
    
    Uh, where were you during the bailouts and the free money giveaways?
    
    Tom, thanks for answering the questions I asked Meg Mac. And thanks for Godwinning the thread.
    
    meg mac, I'm going to assume you know what teabagging means, even if Tom claims not to.
52. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @10:52pm:

    the stock market is off on another bubble, fueled by government money in the hands of large banks that have no intention of lending it out.

    
    
    That's right. Cheap money.
    
    wok - one year in ain't Obama's economy yet, and Pelosi hasn't got a thing to do with it. But it isn't looking good for the Prez. 2009 was terrible and I think 2010 shows promise of being worse. We reach the two year mark in this bad of shape and he'll be a one term President.
    
    

    'What do you guys think about another, uh, 'stimulus?' It is to LAUGH.

    
    
    Yeah? Oh right, I forgot, you washed you hands of Bush when the embarrassment got to be too much, so of course you consider the BUSH STIMULUS PLAN to be a bastard child.
53. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @10:56pm:

    "Pelosi hasn't got a thing to do with it."
    
    One chance to retract or edit that statement before I change your mind?
54. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:04pm:

    wok #51: I'm going to assume you know what teabagging means, even if Tom claims not to.
    
    I am aware of the other use of "teabagging," and never claimed to be unaware of it. I was merely, and accurately, pointing out that the ultra-right wing wackos about whom we are now writing are themselves responsible for the application of the term to themselves.
    
    
    wok #48: meg mac - you forgot about state #31, in a row, to protect marriage.
    
    "Protect" marriage? By denying it to a group of people? Woo, woo, woo.
55. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:06pm:

    Pelosi's just a target for stirring the populist pot. We are screwed because of policies started by Reagan, maintained during Bush the 1st, amplified by Clinton and brought to their ultimate frenzy of destruction by Bush the 2nd. It appears that Obama doesn't have a plan for the economy, has put too much of his political capital into health care, is perplexed by the wars and is possibly all poof, no bingo.
56. By . Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:08pm:

    Robert Jackson says: "We conservatives are after all the true intellectuals."
57. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:08pm:

    "I was merely, and accurately, pointing out that the ultra-right wing wackos about whom we are now writing are themselves responsible for the application of the term to themselves."
    
    Tom that's disingenuous and I believe you know it. I believe you know full well that they're referring to the tea parties of American history where taxation was out of control. Fair enough?
58. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:09pm:

    I just don't see how he can change the employment picture and it is extremely disturbing that his administration is surprised by the news this week. They are if full "reacting to events" mode. Not good.
59. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:10pm:

    So, again, one more shot - are you saying Pelosi has no responsibility - correction - that she doesn't have a large part of the responsibility for the current economic situation?
60. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:11pm:

    They are IN full "reacting, etc."
61. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:13pm:

    Right wok. Now you can trot out the interweb conservative talking points and act all informed.
62. By wok. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:15pm:

    Didn't say I'd do that - just that I'd change your mind. :)
63. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:16pm:

    wok - have you noticed I am being critical of the President? Pelosi is not the issue.
64. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:18pm:

    Pelosi doesn't even know what the current economic situation IS, let alone bear much responsibility for it.
65. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:19pm:

    Do the Tea Party protesters refer to themselves as teabaggers?
    
    I think they should call themselves The Dirty Sanchezers.
66. By Chris J.. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:28pm:

    Curtis
    Speaking of Dirty Sanchez Have you heard of the band Steel Panther?
    They're a parody of an 80's metal/hair band...
    They make a Dirty Sanchez reference in the song, The Shocker
    If you're easily offended, don't look them up. The songs are as vulgar as it gets.
    It's so awful it makes me laugh.
67. By Curtis. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @11:34pm:

    If you're easily offended

    
    
    
    ¿Qué?
68. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @12:58am:

    Who's received the flu vaccine so far? I got the seasonal in nose squirt form, but haven't got the H1N1 yet.
69. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @01:01am:

    Goat Advocacy Group SuperGoat.org Issues Pro Goat Statement in Response to New Film "The Men Who Stare at Goats"
    
    Goat advocacy group? Who knew?
70. By Snag. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @03:17am:

    Love becky/Dinsdale's 'clean' table ...... and Sassy Chick's photo. I, too would like to know what area it is in.
71. By Snag. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:05am:

    We reach the two year mark in this bad of shape and he'll be a one term President
    
    True, but the poor guy is swimming upstream in that he has inherited a concurrent suite of problems unequalled in your country's history, along with a number of comfortably-entrenched vested-interests who do not want their goalposts relocated !
    
    In Obama you at least have an articulate, intelligent and ethical President inclined to tackle fundamental issues like world peace, equitable health-care and curbing the financial excesses of the Wall Street 'mafia'.
    
    His greatest legacy, though, is likely to trancend all of these in that his efforts and persona have (thus far) retained America's recently fragile position as the world's primary superpower. Look around, competitors are emerging and forming alliances .. and it will take more than military muscle alone to stay on top of the heap from here on in.
    
    Support him, or lose him ... and let the gargoyles take you down another notch or two !
72. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @06:00am:

    Who's received the flu vaccine so far? I got the seasonal in nose squirt form, but haven't got the H1N1 yet.

    
    
    I've had a seasonal flu shot. H1N1 isn't available yet.
73. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @06:01am:

    ah, get a room...
74. By Dinsdale Piranha. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @06:08am:

    That table was Becky's baby all I did was fabricate the metal frame to her specs...
    The wood top is a very interesting piece considering it sat for over a hundred years at the bottom of a river
    
    Heres a vid clip of last nights first FPV sortie in my backyard...
    
    In the first few seconds you can see the monitor that guides the flight
75. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @06:59am:

    Curtis... It takes time you build a concensus. Give him a break. One year to accomplish everything? I agree there have been disappointments. But given the alternatives do we have so little faith in our vote? I voted for him now I will support his efforts. That being said... I hope his Afghanistan policy changes drastically and he listens to his vice president on this one.
76. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @08:08am:

    We made and sold more birdhouses for charity this week:
    
    
    
    
77. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @08:09am:

    
    
    
78. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @08:11am:

    
79. By Mean Jean. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @08:14am:

    The roof of that last one is a 1949 N.J. license plate.
80. By Dinsdale Piranha. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @08:19am:

    Great birdhouses
    
    I like the first one with the Bavarian Cuckoo/Onion dome styling...that would have fit in well in the former East German sector of Berlin
81. By wally the duck. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @08:54am:

    It appears that Obama doesn't have a plan for the economy, has put too much of his political capital into health care, is perplexed by the wars and is possibly all poof, no bingo
    
    At least there was the bacon.
82. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @09:12am:

    I support President Obama wholeheartedly. I am amazed, however, that he hasn't got a cohesive strategy on the economy and the wars one year in. It is great to have a sophisticated, intelligent and attractive leader, but watching this economy is, as the President put it yesterday, "sobering," to say the least.
83. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @09:49am:

    Schmittenhammer. Sassy Chick,
    Great picture, where is that at????
    
    Taken at Keaton Beach, FL. A VERY out of the way place on the Northern West coast. Closest town is Steinhatchee...
84. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @09:51am:

    Birdhouses for charity!
    
    You're only encouraging their slothful behavior, MJ. That's the problem with birds. Always looking for a handout, and quick to accept rent-free housing. I've never seen a bird who held down a full-time job.
85. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @10:04am:

    Wonderful birdhouses, MJ.
86. By wok. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @10:09am:

    It is great to have a sophisticated, intelligent and attractive leader...
    
    You forgot 'articulate.' HAAAA.
    
    
    meg, I'm not surprised you dodged.
87. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @12:41pm:

    All this talk about Teabaggers and Tea Parties.
    
    Here is a New Zealand Tea Party:
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-R9BAaWnXU
    
    (from Sanctuary Sounds - a small music festival I attend - http://www.sanctuary-sounds.co.nz)
88. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @12:51pm:

    Here is a link to US government alternative measure of US unemployment. Very sobering stuff.
    
    http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm
89. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @01:01pm:

    Thanks for the compliments on the table, gang. I'll post a pic of dinner on it. Meg-mac, we can make a smaller version. :)
    
    MJ awesome bird houses! That one is an old cuckoo clock, correct? If I was a bird I'd be claiming dibs on that one.
    
    Awesome maiden voyage of the Heptad, Dinso! So you watch the real time vid on the monitor? Coolness galore.
90. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @01:05pm:

    Tom Woad, the planks were milled from the trees which had been submerged in the river for over 100 years. Heart pine.
91. By Doug. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @01:29pm:

    Are you all excited about Toronto's winning bid for the 2015 Pan Am Games - or like most Canadians are you asking "What The H E double hockey sticks is a Pan Am Game?"
92. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @03:44pm:

    Wok.... Teabaggers is their term not mine. Incredibly telling though if you ask me.
    Wok and Curtis... Please tell me how the economy has made your life worse? The unemployment rate is an affect of the Bush Administrations economic policies. Really you are blaming Pelosi and Obama for the state of the economy one year out? The cause was Bush and previous Prez's. The effect is shown now as Obama's failure. Egregious imho.
93. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:19pm:

    meg_mac - please read my comment #52 before lumping me in with wok. I am a liberal lifelong Democrat, but that doesn't mean I leave my skepticism at the door when my party is in power. I have been specific in my concerns in the above thread and I am frankly, confounded at this administration's reaction to economic events throughout 2009.
    
    

    Please tell me how the economy has made your life worse?

    
    
    My family's health care costs increased by 30% this year and with a child who has monthly medical bills, that has had a huge impact. My property taxes have increased this year due to my state's budget shortfall, the autism charter school my child attends (and on whose board I serve), is scrambling for adequate funding because of a state funding hold back. Though my wife has a good job, a significant portion of her annual compensation is discretionary and was reduced in '09 and likely to remain so in '10.
94. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:25pm:

    We are in a much better position than many, many people and I'm thankful for that and not complaining. Nor do I blame Obama for these circumstances, not at all. But come spring 2011, if this situation for myself and for all the people I know who are really hurting, I will be blaming the President. I'll still vote for him, but I won't be cheerful.
95. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:27pm:

    errr... But come spring 2011, if this situation for myself and for all the people I know who are really hurting HASN'T BEGUN TO CHANGE, I will be blaming the President. I'll still vote for him, but I won't be cheerful.
96. By wok. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:29pm:

    meg_mac, I have no idea why you'd think, or say, that 'Teabagger' is a term Tea Party protesters have used, or come up with, to describe themselves. It's not.
    
    In fact the opposite is true - everyone from message board posters to supposedly respectable, unbiased, news agencies have used the term - knowing full well it's meaning. The fact that you think it's not gross and juvenile is only slightly less odd than the fact that you seem to believe it's a self-referential term.
    
    Meg - my customer's ain't buyin' the stuff I'm selling, like they were. But that's due in part because they're in a part of the country that's more affected than other areas. Our Southern territory hasn't missed a beat, however.
97. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:34pm:

    My apologies Curtis. I did have second thoughts about Curtis and Wok comment. :) I think we all have been impacted and I am empathetic. My costs have increased also. I think the passage of a decent health care bill could help us all as it will bring costs down. I worry for you if there is a state opt out clause as I think Pawlenty will try to block for Minnesotans.
98. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:36pm:

    Wok.... if you can explain them going around with tea bags hung from their ears I will respect you more.
99. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:37pm:

    But wok, do they ever refer to themselves as Dirty Sanchezers?
100. By wok. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:43pm:

     Certainly. I'd ask that you, in return, show me anything that proves your assertion that the term is 'their term' (the tea party protestors). Again, it's not.
     
     Okay: Wearing tea bags around your ears references the idea of a tea party protest. Tea bag = Tea. (Sorry to be pedantic, but, hey.) It's a visual way to say we, like our forbears, are being overtaxed and misrepresented.
     
     Good old Wikipedia, even, tells the story of how 'Teabagging' became a phrase some use in regard to these protests. You'll note that Anderson Cooper admitted what he said was wrong and stupid:
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_protests#Origins_of_Teabagging
101. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:45pm:

     
     
     But, hey, no dirty brown ring, so there's that.
102. By wok. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @04:58pm:

     Thanks for the visual aide, Curtis.
     
     I don't understand what was wrong with being 'lumped in' together - we're both against this bill, we've both been affected by the mishandling of the economy by the current administration, and we're both not afraid to be critical of their mis-steps.
     
     Keep fighting the good fight!
103. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:11pm:

     we're both against this bill

     
     
     What bill?
104. By Doug. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:20pm:

     FoxNews - Neil Cavuto - called them Tea Baggers back in May 2009.
     
     http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520899,00.html
     

     Score one for the tea baggers.
     Those who bagged the baggers now bagged themselves. Take note, because the teapot's boiling

105. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:25pm:

     we've both been affected by the mishandling of the economy by the current administration

     
     
     I've been quite clear - Bush did it. It's his effing mess as is so much more. Can Obama dig us out? I don't know.
106. By Don Coyote. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:30pm:

     Love is looking at about an acre of Christmas crap at the local Convention Center with your wife on November 7th when you could be having a nap. True love is offering to see it all again but in the reverse direction.
107. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:36pm:

     Some terrific upsets this weekend in collegiate football. Purdue knocks off Michigan, Navy beats Notre Dame, Northwestern downs Iowa. If I were a fan, I would be excited by this.
108. By wok. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:36pm:

     Curtis:
     
     "I've been quite clear - Bush did it. It's his effing mess..."
     
     
     Really? ALL Bush??
     
     "...I am frankly, confounded at this administration’s reaction to economic events throughout 2009."' "...have you noticed I am being critical of the President?" "I am amazed... that he hasn’t got a cohesive strategy on the economy..." "It appears that Obama doesn’t have a plan for the economy...and is possibly all poof, no bingo." "...it’s not looking good for second term plans."
109. By wok. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:42pm:

     Doug, I already explained that some newscasters had used the term inappropriately. My question to Meg Mac (and it's fun how people seem to need to speak for her) was could she provide any documentation to show tea party protestors referring to themselves by using that term.
110. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:58pm:

     Really? ALL Bush??
     

     
     
     Umm, yeah. What you quote is critical of Obama and indicates worry about his ability to turn things around - none of it goes so far as blaming the mess on him. He is reacting to events and I expect more than that from him and that includes Afghanistan.
     
     What bill?
111. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @05:59pm:

     Really? ALL Bush??
     
     No, that's clearly an overstatement. Cheney deserves a lot of the credit, and don't forget that Phil Gramm bears some responsibility for eliminating crucial regulations, including the Glass-Steagall Act.
112. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @06:28pm:

     I like what Obama said... 'Everyone is trying to tell me how to hold the mop'.
113. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @06:35pm:

     Don Coyote.... just look at it as an insurance policy against cold winter nights. :)
114. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @06:54pm:

     Man, I just heard a great interview with Booker T. Jones on American Routes! Gotta hear the recent album where he's backed by Drive By Truckers. What a great instrumental version of Tom Waits's, Get Behind The Mule. It sounds like Booker T's organ is singing the actual lyrics! Amazing.
115. By wally the duck. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @06:59pm:

     I've been quite clear - Bush did it.
     
     The enrichment and support of the aristocracy at the expense of the populace has continued at a torrid pace under Mr. Obama. He tolerates people in his administration who have now proven to be as cronyistic - if not outright crooked - as anybody in the time of Harding or Grant. Further, he has shown no inclination to try to reform the excesses, regulate the looting or break up the oligarchic banking system of the US.
116. By Gary. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @07:12pm:

     Curtis, this might be what you hear. It is outstanding. I'll be driving Highway 61 next weekend to spent 48 hours in New Orleans. Looking forward to great food and music.
     
     
     http://americanroutes.publicradio.org/archives/show/610/from-home-page
117. By Dinsdale Piranha. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @07:39pm:

     This thread needs less politics and more FPV
118. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @08:53pm:

     Dinsdale.... or get up and move to...
     
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXId-5dYJjE&feature=related
119. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @09:07pm:

     I sure hope I'm lucky enough to find one of your birdhouses one day, Mean Jean -- they're wonderful.
120. By . Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @11:04pm:

     I agree with chazunga, if you can imagine that, Mean Jean: Fantastic.
     
     
     Uh oh - "the bill" PASSED! Yee-hah!
121. By Curtis. Comment posted 07-Nov-2009 @11:14pm:

     break up the oligarchic banking system of the US.

     
     
     I take it then that you are for nationalizing banks? Did you, BTW, expect him to solve the economic collapse that way or are you mostly looking for justice?
     
     

     He tolerates people in his administration who have now proven to be as cronyistic - if not outright crooked - as anybody in the time of Harding or Grant

     
     
     Like who compared to whom?
122. By . Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @08:26am:

     Uh oh - "the bill" PASSED! Yee-hah!

     
     
     Watch out Granny!!
123. By Chris J.. Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @09:34am:

     This thread needs less politics and more FPV
     Cool vid, Dinsdale P. What's the range of those planes?
     The landings inside the windows are great
124. By Dinsdale Piranha. Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @09:49am:

     It depends on your set up most are about 2 miles
     
     Heres a great vid from a friend of mine up in
     
     Trois-Rivières
     
     
     and a shadow shot of my bird landing this morning...
     
     
125. By Thrash Cardiom. Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @10:46am:

     On a completely different note, is anybody interested in using Google Wave at all?
126. By wally the duck. Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @11:00am:

     No, no and no. Compared to Orville Babcock, William Belknap, Schuyler Colfax or Albert B. Fall.
127. By . Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @11:12am:

     Orville Babcock never used Google Wave.
128. By Curtis. Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @12:21pm:

     Compared to Orville Babcock, William Belknap, Schuyler Colfax or Albert B. Fall.

     
     
     Okay, but who compares to them in the Obama administration?
     
     And what do you suggest be done to "break up the oligarchic banking system of the US," short of nationalization? And why do you hate justice?
129. By wally the duck. Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @02:20pm:

     Geithner; Summers... the mechanisms are different today, but he result is the same: vast sums of money transfer to cronies (in today's case, future and former employers). Today that transfer is explained as 'saving Main Street' even though it is demonstrably not what is happening.
     
     Breaking up the banks is now endorsed by some quite prominent economists including Simon Johnson, John S. Reed, Mervyn King, Andy Haldane... and many others. The goal is to split speculative trading from banking, since the trading risks endanger the banking system.
     
     It isn't hating justice... it is seeing a really bleak future. When I say 'transfer of wealth from people to the aristocracy', that's exactly what I see happening.
130. By Curtis. Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @06:23pm:

     I don't agree that Geihtner and Summers "have now proven to be as cronyistic - if not outright crooked - as anybody in the time of Harding or Grant."
     
     

     Breaking up the banks is now endorsed by some quite prominent economists including Simon Johnson, John S. Reed, Mervyn King, Andy Haldane... and many others.

     
     
     Do you have any reading material you can list; I'd like to know more. I agree that the massive banks concentrate too much economic force in too few institutions, but isn't it impossible to run a world economy without that happening?
     
     I don't know enough about this stuff and I know you've been paying attention.
     
     Did you read Lizza's piece on the team you're calling the oligarchy's butt-boys?
     
     

     When I say 'transfer of wealth from people to the aristocracy', that's exactly what I see happening.

     
     
     You mean the rich get richer and the poor get poorer?
131. By Bisbonian. Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @07:00pm:

     You mean the rich get richer and the poor get poorer?

     
     I'll interject a "yes".
     
     Which company did Geihtner come from? Which company still employs all of his buddies? Which company has most benefited from his actions in the administration?
132. By Gee.... Comment posted 08-Nov-2009 @07:49pm:

     Did anyone watch the Breeders Cup this weekend?
     
     Wow...that little girl IS a super horse...14 races and 14 wins.
     
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud_XPH6Eix4
     
     5 years old and she retires. With quarter horses at 5 they "come alive"...that is when they're grown and hit the beginning of their prime, with Thoroughbreds it's when they're past it.
133. By Rance. Comment posted 09-Nov-2009 @12:39am:

     Sweet! I'm the last person to comment!
134. By . Comment posted 09-Nov-2009 @12:48pm:

     No you're not!

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